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Pornography has deeply troubling effects on young people, but there are ways we can minimise the harm

  • Written by: Michael Flood, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
Pornography has deeply troubling effects on young people, but there are ways we can minimise the harmPorn shapes how boys and men see girls and women, and how girls and women see themselves. Shutterstock

For many young people, pornography has become the default sex educator. Children and young people are encountering pornography in greater numbers, at younger ages, and with a wider variety of content, influencing young people’s sexual lives....

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Making sense of Australia's bushfire crisis means asking hard questions – and listening to the answers

  • Written by: Nicole Hasham, Section Editor: Energy + Environment
Making sense of Australia's bushfire crisis means asking hard questions – and listening to the answersWhen the immediate threat of this bushfire crisis passes, many questions will remain. Dean Lewins/AAP

Bushfires plunder lives and landscapes in myriad ways, but they often start the same way. A bright morning suddenly turns to night. Ash flutters down from the sky, propelled ahead of the roaring fire front. An awful red glow slinks over the horizon....

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The bushfires are horrendous, but expect cyclones, floods and heatwaves too

  • Written by: Neville Nicholls, Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
The bushfires are horrendous, but expect cyclones, floods and heatwaves tooBushfires are not the only weather and climate events set to ravage Australia in coming months.Dave Hunt/AAP

Public attention on the disastrous bushfire crisis in Australia will rightly continue for weeks to come. But as we direct resources to coping and recovery, we should not forget other weather and climate challenges looming this summer.

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As bushfire and holiday seasons converge, it may be time to say goodbye to the typical Australian summer holiday

  • Written by: David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania

For 40 years I have studied bushfires in Australia. It has been my life’s work to try to better understand Australian landscapes and the interaction of humans and landscape fire.

As we contemplate a future where catastrophes like the one currently engulfing Australia become increasingly frequent, there’s an idea to which I keep...

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  1. How to monitor the bushfires raging across Australia
  2. History repeats itself. That's bad news for the 2020s
  3. Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2020
  4. Ashes to ashes, dust to ... compost? An eco-friendly burial in just 4 weeks
  5. Expressing breast milk this summer? Storing it safely will protect your baby's health
  6. The Voice to Parliament isn't a new idea
  7. Black Saturday firefighters want you to listen to them, not call them 'heroes'
  8. A month at sea with no technology taught me how to steal my life back from my phone
  9. Swearing in public is still illegal, but you probably won’t be charged if you’re white
  10. how ecology and mental health go together in our cities
  11. a summer reading list for teens
  12. What is public space and why does it need protecting?
  13. Happy birthday, Mr Bean! Celebrating 30 years of a major comedy character
  14. How to avoid the dentist this holiday (and what to do if you need one in an emergency)
  15. how the GST became unstoppable
  16. heat affects all of us, but older people face the highest health risks
  17. 'Helicopter parenting' and 'tiger mothers'? Relax, Australian kids are alright
  18. What Australia watched on TV on New Year's Eve, 1959
  19. Aussie scientists need your help keeping track of bees (please)
  20. What causes hangovers, blackouts and 'hangxiety'? Everything you need to know about alcohol these holidays
  21. For many, a pool swim is an Australian birthright. Let's make it easier for solo parents to claim it
  22. Wauba Debar, an Indigenous swimmer from Tasmania who saved her captors
  23. 4 ways to keep kids learning while travelling
  24. why desexing dogs isn't always the best thing to do
  25. Playing with old phones teaches children good habits, and reflects our bad ones back at us
  26. That's a relief! We have a way to recover phosphorus from our urine
  27. live tourist snaps have turned solo adventures into social occasions
  28. when the world catches on fire, how do predators respond?
  29. 4 ways to get your kids off the couch these summer holidays
  30. How to pick the right sunscreen when you're blinded by choice
  31. Watch the Moon hide the Sun from northern Australia
  32. The 5 best films for cat lovers (that aren't the movie Cats)
  33. Dili wedding. How Australian farm work nudges up Timor's marriage rate
  34. how do magpies detect worms and other food underground?
  35. Nine things you love that are being wrecked by climate change
  36. Take a plunge into the memories of Australia's favourite swimming pools
  37. the hidden aim of the 1927 tariff inquiry
  38. Being grateful this Christmas benefits you even when your family's driving you bananas
  39. Baby Jesus in art and the long tradition of depicting Christ as a man-child
  40. the statistics of Secret Santa
  41. How to support children whose parent works away for long periods
  42. a proposed new tax on electric vehicles is a bad idea
  43. when did toys turn into rocket science?
  44. how a minor Jewish holiday was remade in the image of Christmas
  45. How the cult of Virgin Mary turned a symbol of female authority into a tool of patriarchy
  46. Christians and their problem with sex
  47. 5 Australian books that can help young people understand their place in the world
  48. Scott Morrison returns, with regret
  49. What NZ and Australia can learn from British Columbia's implementation of Indigenous rights
  50. Australia's nation-building opportunity held hostage by the deficit daleks

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